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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-7217

An ni_dhcp4_fsm_process_dhcp4_packet memory leak in openSUSE wicked 0.6.55 and earlier allows network attackers to cause a denial of service by sending DHCP4 packets with a different client-id.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:13 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-7217

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Feb 2020, 12:15 UTC

An ni_dhcp4_fsm_process_dhcp4_packet memory leak in openSUSE wicked 0.6.55 and earlier allows network attackers to cause a denial of service by sending DHCP4 packets with a different client-id.

osv:CVE-2020-7217
Complete source record
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